Support Groups

See also:

• Health: Reproductive Health: Pregnancy and Birth: Complications: Support Groups  (8)

The Angel Teddy Bear Foundation - - Provides comfort by delivering teddy bears to hospitals to give to parents of stillborn children, miscarriages and neonatal loss. Includes forums and chat room.

Angels Among Us - - Message board for grieving families who have suffered a loss of a child.

Bears For Bereaved Mommies - - A non-profit charity organization that offers a compassionate hand in a time of maternal bereavement. Site features numerous programs and services, including a teddy bear distribution program.

Bereavement Support - - Located in several cities throughout VA, providing a multidisciplinary hospital/clinic based perinatal bereavement program to assist families who have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and newborn death.

Friends and Angels - - A message board dedicated to infertility and pregnancy loss. Must register in order to view site.

Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents - - Dedicated to providing grief support and services to parents whose child has died. Located in Kent, Washington, USA.

Honored Babies - - For women whose babies have died via miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death and infant death. Includes an online memorial, support lists, resource center and writing center.

MHA of Rockland - Bereavement/Loss - - Perinatal Bereavement and Support Group, located in Suffern, N.Y., provides a professionally facilitated mutual support group for couples experiencing a loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.

Minutes of Gold - - Non-profit organization where volunteers provide layettes for grieving mothers and family members of stillborn babies.

The Miscarriage Association - - A charity registered in England and Wales that features a help line and support groups across the U.K.

Miscarriage Support - - An informative and supportive place those who are suffering from the loss of a child through miscarriage. Includes a message board, chat room, and poems section where you may submit your own poem/creative writing.

Miscarriage Support Auckland - - Information for those whose pregnancy poses a threatened miscarriage or for those who have already miscarried. Comprehensive, practical and comforting information for families and friends coping with miscarriage.

MISS Foundation - - Merced, California Chapter. Stillbirth, miscarriage, neonatal death, and SIDS support.

Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death - - Located in Irving, TX. Offering support groups for those who have lost a child to stillbirth, or neonatal death. Also includes online newsletter.

National Stillbirth Society - - Features facts about stillbirth and fetal development, as well as a bulletin board and chat roo.

NeoFight - - An Indiana-based support group for parents experiencing a perinatal crisis. Offers free trained parent listeners, hospital visitation/support and referrals/resources.

Perinatal Bereavement Groups - - Located in Chicago, Illinois. Providing support for families who have lost a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death.

A Place To Remember - - Uplifting support materials for those who have been touched by a crisis in pregnancy or the death of a baby--stillbirth, miscarriage, infant death, or SIDS.

Remembering Hope, Inc. - - To help families when they have a child born at rest.

Sentara Women's Services - Empty Arms Support Group - - Located in Southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, providing support when faced with the death of a baby through pregnancy loss.

Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. - - Free literature and support for families who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Features message board and chat room.

The Shining Light Fund - - Provides birthstone mother's bracelets, free of charge, to women who have lost a child to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.

Silent Grief - - Support and hope for those grieving miscarriage, infant loss and infertility. Includes articles, chat boards and resources.

STAND Support Group - - Southeast Texas Aide for Neonatal Death is a support group consisting of parents whose babies have died from the time of conception through early infancy.

Still a Mommy - - A community supporting young and teenage girls going through pregnancy loss, neonatal loss, abortion and adoption. Must register in order to view site.

Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Support (SA) Inc. - - Support group in South Australia for parents who have suffered the death of a baby from conception through 28 days following birth.

Teddy Love Club - - A organization that delivers teddy bears to families who have suffered the loss of their baby to miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. The program was established in 2002 and has expanded to all hospitals of Australia.

The Touching Hearts Program - - Located in Illinois, offers several support groups for couples who have experienced pregnancy loss.

Uterine Rupture Support Group - - Online forum for those who have experienced uterine rupture, which resulted in a pregnancy loss.

Wisconsin Perinatal Bereavement Program Registry - - A map and links to support groups throughout Wisconsin for those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.